I’m Steve Richards from Hollywood.  I started off as a stuntman, but got badly injured when a stunt went bad, so switched to being a character actor on TV, and appeared in lots of TV commercials.  You know the ones where they needed a rugged type of man; the type of man who looks good on a horse or smoking a cigarette.  I never made it big; the TV parts I got were steady, and they paid decent money, but I didn’t have any breakout roles; just one of the bit players.

I’m still working, but I don’t get many roles these days.  Maybe two or three times a month I get a call, and go in for a few hours.  Decent paying gigs which help to supplement my meagre pension, but nothing of any consequence.  I do like doing them though; there’s a camaraderie on a set among the actors, but you don’t make close friends in this business.

I was married twice; it didn’t work out both times, and it’s been 25 years since my second divorce.  One son, but he lives the other side of the country, and we’re not close. I keep to myself most of the time.  I started writing my memoirs, but I don’t know who’d be interested in reading them. Maybe I’ll finish them, maybe I won’t.

Hobbies? No, not really.  I watch a lot of TV; mostly British murder mysteries.  The Brits do that so well.  Once in a while I find a show that I was in, and I watch it again, out of nostalgia mostly.

When I saw the advertisement, I decided to apply because I’ve got nothing to lose.  I’m very fit, and healthy, and I like to travel, especially if somebody else is paying for it